John Kirby (surgeon)

John Timothy Kirby (1781 – 26 May 1853)[2] was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1823 and 1834.

[3] Kirby obtained the Letters Testimonial of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) on 19 March 1805, and the Membership on 5 September 1808.

[2] Kirby was appointed Demonstrator in Anatomy in the RCSI in 1809 by Professors William Dease and Abraham Colles.

Kirby then established a private medical school with Alexander Read called the 'Theatre of Anatomy' and it was located on Stephens Street.

He then published a pamphlet arguing that a national hospital would be more beneficial to the people of Ireland than extending a museum.